Creating users in AspNetUsers from a console application

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I need to imports hundreds of users from a CSV file into the AspNetUsers table that's created for an ASP.NET MVC5 Web App.

I thought I'd write a quick console application to insert the relevant information for each user but there is one problem, the password.

This is how a user is created in ASP.NET:

var result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);

but how can I do this from a Console Application? Whatever random password I'll create for each user needs to be encrypted in such a way that it can be decrypted by the ASP.NET MVC Web app.

Is there an easy way to achieve this? I started to import one class from ASP.NET MVC, and before you know it, I had to import another, and another...

So I stopped and decided to ask the question on SO as it's seems like an overkill and hopefully there is an easier way to do this.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Instead of a separate console app Create a temporary view in your MVC web app and write the logic of creating user in its controller. That way you don't need to export any classes just browse the view once — Akshey Bhat
– Akshey Bhat, Commented Jul 2, 2017 at 4:05
@AksheyBhat Sorry for taking so long to get back to you but been busy with other things. Anyway, if you post this as an answer, I'll award it as it worked. Thanks again. — Thierry
– Thierry, Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 1:41

Akshey Bhat · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-23 08:52:46Z

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Instead of a separate console app Create a temporary view in your MVC web app and write the logic of creating user in its controller. That way you don't need to export any classes just browse the view once

answered Jul 23, 2017 at 8:52

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RemedialBear · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-02 04:06:54Z

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I would recommend writing your console application inside the same solution which contains your ASP.Net project, then add the web app as a reference in the console app. That way you can expose a function to handle adding a user inside the web app and simply call that function from within the console app.

answered Jul 2, 2017 at 4:06

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